Community: Message List - Pod HD High Gain Tone Guide

Re: Pod HD High Gain Tone Guide

support@line6.com — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:55:49 GMT

Thanks. Your patches are really awesome and have helped me immensely (as well as your guide)!

Re: Pod HD High Gain Tone Guide

support@line6.com — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:42:06 GMT

It's an awesome guide, have been slowly reading up on each page.

Re: Pod HD High Gain Tone Guide

support@line6.com — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:33:09 GMT

new patches are up:

www.foobazaar.com/podhd/patches/

also, see the changeLog for recent updates to the guide. Most importantly is the new section on how to use the Q Filter, which is extremely effective for pre-eq'ing amp distortion.

Re: Pod HD High Gain Tone Guide

support@line6.com — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:25:07 GMT

hey grandma, i'm definitely no expert on Phish. I do have some classic rock and clean patches - they might get you started in a good direction if you haven't already found something you're looking for.

Re: Pod HD High Gain Tone Guide

support@line6.com — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:24:02 GMT

hey jmdandy, using the Mixer will indeed work, but I would caution to make sure you do not boost it with reckless abandon if you have any EQ effects downstream of it. A hot signal can clip the EQ's...possibly other effects. If you are not using dual amps, the easiest thing to do is place everything in Channel A and mute Channel B in the mixer, then use the Channel A volume level to set the final patch volume. If you use dual amps, it's a bit trickier. You COULD use a copy of EQ in each channel behind the amps, so that none are behind the mixer. Or you can stick a Studio EQ or Tube Comp last in the chain to clean boost the signal at the end where needed.

But the bottom line is just to watch out for clipping. If you're not clipping, there's nothing to worry about. The easiest option is to keep the Pod volumes conservative (so just cut at the mixer block, not boost), and run the DT25 up high. But if you're maxing out the DT25 and still need more juice, then resort to the advice above.

Re: Pod HD High Gain Tone Guide

support@line6.com — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:05:07 GMT

Hey Meambobbo another fan of yours here! Incredible work! I have had my HD500 and DT25 about a week and I have greatly benefitted from your comprehensive guide to the HD500.

I have some patches that I have made and some I have modded to work. I am trying to get the rig ready for a band practice in a week and then a gig the next night. I have been using the mixer levels to equalize the patches as I am setting up the unit as ABCD and then FS1-4 to toggle f/x. I am also using patches in the same bank for leads in a song.

Now for my question: I am planning to fine tune my volumes to prepare for gigs at band practice using the mixer: is that the best way?

Re: Pod HD High Gain Tone Guide

support@line6.com — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:58:40 GMT

Would anyone be willing to create a patch that sounds like Trey Anastasio from Phish? He's got such a great guitar tone for both clean and distorted songs.

Re: Pod HD High Gain Tone Guide

support@line6.com — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:40:33 GMT

Gracias amigos por el interesante tema.

Thanks all for the interesting topic.

Re: Pod HD High Gain Tone Guide

support@line6.com — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:43:58 GMT

did anyone notice that Multihead Delays on POD HD are mono?

is that some kind of joke?

******* POD X3 and even XT have multihead stereo delays?

so are multihead delays mono or i am stupid ?

Re: Pod HD High Gain Tone Guide

support@line6.com — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:31:12 GMT

there aren't any clips of the new patches up yet, other than a few on sevenstring.org by other people, and this one http://soundcloud.com/meambobbo/mark-tones-demo

keep in mind I had to re-tweak all my patches when I changed my pickups. and the patches sound different from one guitar to the next. i would definitely expect some tweaking, esp gain levels and pre-eq to get a sound consistent with others' clips. and maybe even swapping pickups.